We've started using "Jenga Stack" for the mental model you have to build up to work on complex code. This leads to statements like "Don't interrupt me right now... I've got a huge Jenga Stack built."
As far as Yoda Conditions, I hate them. Increased cognitive load (at least for english speakers, this is now how you normally think) to get around a quick of the language design and the compiler. C compilers have thrown warnings for assignments in if statements for YEARS.

Stack Overflow – like most online communities I've studied – naturally trends toward increased strictness over time. It's primarily a defense mechanism, an immune system of the sort a child develops after first entering school or daycare and being exposed to the wide, wide world of everyday sne...